HEISER v. RYAN

Civ. A. No. 89-395.

813 F.Supp. 388 (1993)

Steven Anthony HEISER, Petitioner, v. Joseph RYAN, Superintendent, and The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

February 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Bartko, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Pittsburgh, PA, for petitioner.

Maria V. Copetas, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, PA, for respondents.


OPINION

DIAMOND, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Stephen Anthony Heiser is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Pennsylvania, where he is serving a life sentence for murder, robbery, and related offenses. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the grounds that his confinement is unconstitutional because the guilty plea upon which his sentence was based was involuntary...

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